Twine-holder.



PATENTED MAR. a, 1908, G. c. STEVENS.

TWINE HOLDER. APPLIOATIOIT FILED FEB. 26. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE O. STEVENS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TWINE-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Twine-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved twine holder which may be constructed at a very moderate expense and which is adapted to be also used for advertising purposes.

Nith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention; it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a erspective view of a twine holder constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view illustrating a slight modification.

Corresponding parts in both figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

A post 1 is mortised at its upper end into a base block 2 which is adapted to be secured in any suitable manner in the ceiling of a store where twine is used. The post 1 is provided at its lower extremity with a notch 3 in which an arm 4 is pivotally mounted upon a transverse pin 5 the arm 4 may advantageously consist of a flat strip of wood of suitable dimensions to enable advertising matter to be imprinted or inscribed or otherwise placed thereon in such a manner as to be con- If desired, one of the ends of the arm 4 may be provided with a weight 6 whereby the opposite end of said arm will be overbalanced.

Guides, which may be in the nature of ordinary screw eyes 7 and 8 are placed upon the front side of the post 1, near the lower and upper ends of the latter; similar guides such as screw eyes 9 and 10 are placed upon the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 26, 1907- Serial No. 359.346.

Patented March 3, 1908.

said twine being permitted to depend from the guide or eye 10 near the light extremity of the arm 4. If preferred, the twine may be passed twice through the guide or eye 10 for the purpose of gripping or biting upon said eye with suflicient tenacity to avoid 3.0011

dental displacement.

The operation and advantages of this in vention will be readily understood from the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed. The construction is extremely simple; the post 1 and the arm 4 as well as the base or block 2 may be made at a trifling expense of Wood; the supporting bracket 11 may likewise be made of wood although, for the sake of neatness of appearance, a light bracket cast of malleable iron is preferably employed. The device may thus be produced at such a trifling expense that it will be gladly paid for by advertisers for the sake of having their advertisements placed upon the arm 4 where it will be conspicuously placed before the public; attention being invited to the advertising matter by the vibratory movement of the arm whenever twine is taken from the'holder. The device may thus be presented free of charge to store keepers who will find it convenient and useful for the purpose of keeping the free ends of wrapping twine in an out of the way position and yet conveniently accessible when wanted. When the free end of the twine is seized, the needed quantity of twine may be readily pulled from the ball or cone; as soon as the free end is released, the weighted end of the arm will overbalance the light arm, and the free end of the twine will thus be elevated to an out of the way position above the counter.

It is obvious that one end of the arm 4 may be weighted to overbalance the other end of said arm by simply making the ends of said arm at opposite sides of the fulcrum of unequal length.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings has been illus trated a slight modification which consists in supporting upon the bracket 11 a box or casing 15 within which the ball or cone of twine is accommodated and protected.

Having thus fully described the invention,

' what I claim as new is :r

holder and near the upper end of the post, a 15 ball of twine supported u on said bracket, and the twine being led t rough said guide member and through a guide eye on the weighted end of the arm, and led thence through an eye on the post above the pivot of 20 said arm, the twine continuing thence to and through an eye on the end of the arm opposite the weight.

GEORGE C. STEVENS.

In presence of E. E. HARTLEY, M. G. NILAND. 

